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Check out this map of the E-Block of the 700 MHz auction. Notice that one company basically acquired a nationwide license. If you zoom into the legend in the bottom left corner, you’ll see that it’s Frontier Wireless. If you haven’t heard of the company, you’re not alone. It’s actually a company set up specifically to bid on the auction. It belongs to EchoStar, the satellite TV company that owns the DISH Network. So while AT&T and Verizon dominated the B- and C-Blocks, Frontier snuck in and mopped up the E-Block, which is said to be ideal for streaming TV. Gee, I wonder what their intention is?

Will at IntoMobile speculates on the mobile TV idea. And he’s not alone. It looks like industry analysts are coming to that conclusion as well.

Pacific Crest Securities analyst Steve Clement says that, “The assumption you’d make is that they’d set up some sort of mobile TV service.” And, Citi analyst Jason Bazinet noted that Dish Network stated in February that they may just “expand into mobile and portable video, data and voice services.”

This is also discussed at TMCnet, where Narayan Bhat talks about Frontier’s possible foray into major mobile competition. If they’re going to offer streaming mobile TV, they might as well look into voice and other data services. After all, it appears that people prefer having one device to many. Hell, I still feel awkward carrying around my iPod and my BlackBerry.

The question, I suppose, is whether launching a voice service over the E-Block is a feasible endeavor.

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